Radical Roundup: 10 stories that have got buried – Week 2, April 2022
The news you didn’t seek this week…
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Anti-trans rhetoric is fuelling hate crimes and making UK an increasingly dangerous place
The number of transphobic hate crimes in the UK has risen by 332% since 2014-15
Conservative conference: Frost confesses Northern Ireland protocol in falling apart
Setting the scene for the imminent triggering of Article 16, Lord Frost’s conference speech has triggered a hostile response, derided as ‘inflaming tension while solving nothing.’
BREAKING: Unite confirms Sharon Graham as victor in leadership election
The tight result sees Unite elect its first ever female General Secretary.
Calls to investigate senior Tory who coached corporate clients on handling MP scrutiny
James Gray MP accepted payments to train witnesses ahead of select committee appearances.
Priti Patel’s Nationality and Borders Bill will further criminalise asylum seekers
‘According to Patel, our asylum system is broken and the way to fix it is to criminalise asylum seekers’.
Calls for Tory peer to quit after revelations he ‘victimised’ female worker
The judge ruled that Rami Ranger ‘victimised’ and ‘discriminated against’ a woman who complained about harassment at his firm.
Net zero capital? What London’s political parties can offer to tackle the climate crisis
Sadiq Khan has backed a target of net zero by 2030 if he’s re-elected. What could mayoral candidates offer London to make that happen?
A safe space for hate? How the UCU has an antisemitism problem
The union allowed antisemitism to flourish, academic and UCU member David Hirsh writes.
The free school meals scandal show that the Tories never cared about ‘levelling up’
Being well fed is a year round right. The Tories seem to have forgotten that.